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After having your heart broken can you ever feel completely healed, can you wake up in the morning and feel intact. Back to whom you used to be. Can you start dreaming and wishing again? Waking up this morning I felt complete and I knew the reason why I did. It was the man who helped me see past the pain, the man who thought I was beautiful when I was still stuck inside myself. I sighed against his chest and his arms wrapped around me tighter, "Good Morning Princess Wolf," he whispered against my hair.
"Morning," I whispered back. After Gabriel had helped me become myself again I hadn't gave a second thought to becoming one with him. Making myself queen bitch in all ways. But a part of me had worried he wouldn't be here when I woke up, and I think that showed in my face.
"You didn't really think I'd leave you in the night my beautiful Vivian did you?" he laughed at me.
"The thought didn't cross my mind at all."
"Babe, I didn't chase you all that time for a piece of tail, you are my mate, my queen and I'm not going anywhere," he sounded so serious it took my breath away.
I looked up at him and couldn't help but smile, "Thank you." Deep inside I felt like I loved him, but I wasn't someone to just through caution to the wind and unload all my feelings on him, especially after everything that had happened with Aiden. We needed to get to know each other.
He smiled and kissed me so deeply I thought my entire being would shatter with happiness.
"Baby, while I could continue to kiss you for forever, I am incredibly hungry after the activities last night," I giggled as he said this. "Okay Gabe, lets go get some chow. I'm sure Esme would like to know I'm all in one piece."
He pulled me up beside him and we started walking hand in hand.
Uncertainty crossed Gabriel's face, "Do you want to keep us secret?" he tried to say it like it didn't matter.
I stopped, and smiled seductively, "Gabe, I don't think I could keep it secret if I even wanted to. I won't want to keep my hands off you." He gave a small smile, maybe hoping I'd say something a little more serious.
"Gabe, I wouldn't want to keep us secret at all, you helped me see myself, and helped me out of one of the worst experiences of my life. I never felt like I'd be whole again. You came along and you shared your past with me, you gave me a future. I don't want to imagine my life without you."
He turned to me and lowered his forehead to mine, "Viv, you are the most beautiful woman I've ever met, and couldn't imagine anyone I'd rather see by my side than you. You make me want to be a better man, and with you by my side I feel like I can't and won't fail."
I brought my lips to his, while that maybe as close to a proclamation of love we'd get to, it meant more than anything. Having someone who knew me, inside and out and wanted to be with me. That was special. That was love.